Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: natural history and long‐term follow‐up

CM Ida, FJ Rodriguez, PC Burger, AA Caron… - Brain …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Prognostic significance of histological anaplasia and BRAF V600E mutation were
retrospectively evaluated in 74 patients with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA). Median …

Impact of delay to surgery on survival in stage I-III colon cancer

F Grass, KT Behm, E Duchalais, J Crippa… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the impact of delay from diagnosis to curative surgery on survival in
patients with non-metastatic colon cancer. Methods National Cancer database (NCDB) …

Aquaporin-4 and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein autoantibody status predict outcome of recurrent optic neuritis

J Jitprapaikulsan, JJ Chen, EP Flanagan, WO Tobin… - Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the aquaporin-4 and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)
immunoglobulin G (IgG) serostatus and visual outcomes in patients with recurrent optic …

Surgical treatment of borderline and malignant phyllodes tumors: the effect of the extent of resection and tumor characteristics on patient outcome

EO Onkendi, RE Jimenez, GM Spears… - Annals of surgical …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Malignant phyllodes tumors are rare fibroepithelial breast neoplasms.
Appropriate surgical management remains a subject of debate. The purpose of our study …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of mediastinal lesions across multi-institutional, international, radiology databases

AC Roden, W Fang, Y Shen, BW Carter… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Mediastinal lesions are uncommon; studies on their distribution are, in general,
small and from a single institution. Furthermore, these studies are usually based on …

A comparison of patient-reported health-related quality of life during proton versus photon chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer

A Garant, TJ Whitaker, GM Spears, DM Routman… - Practical radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare Functional Assessment of Cancer
Therapy-Esophagus (FACT-E) questionnaire changes during proton (PRT) or photon (XRT) …

Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after acute trauma: a population-based case-cohort study

MS Park, SE Perkins, GM Spears, AA Ashrani… - Thrombosis research, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Predictors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after trauma are uncertain.
Objective To identify independent predictors of VTE after acute trauma. Methods Using …

Thrombin generation profiles as predictors of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after trauma: a prospective cohort study

MS Park, GM Spears, KR Bailey, A Xue… - Journal of Trauma …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Reliable biomarkers predictive of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after
acute trauma are uncertain. The objective of the study was to identify risk factors for …

Thrombin generation and procoagulant microparticle profiles after acute trauma: a prospective cohort study

MS Park, A Xue, GM Spears, TM Halling… - Journal of Trauma …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE The two sides of trauma-induced coagulopathy, the hypocoagulable and the
hypercoagulable states, are poorly understood. To identify potential mechanisms for venous …

A multi-institutional analysis of trimodality therapy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients

SC Lester, SH Lin, M Chuong, N Bhooshan… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The therapeutic gains of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) followed by
esophagectomy may be offset by increased incidences of morbidity and mortality in elderly …